Finding out about devices

[Frank McCormick]

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On Thu, 07 May 2009 16:14:14 +0100
Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thursday 07 May 2009 15:49:15 Frank McCormick wrote:
> > On Thu, 07 May 2009 09:38:47 -0500
> >
> > Lynn Ziegler <yadaoser at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I have an old (3 years old) machine I use for a file server.
> > > Unfortunately, it is also old enough that it has a small amount
> > > of disk space. I would like to increase that disk space by
> > > adding another internal hard drive. The problem is that I don't
> > > know whether it is able to support serial ATA (which most of
> > > the hard drives sold now seem to be).
> > >
> > > How can I find out what my hard disk controller can support?
> >
> >   Do a Google search on the drive name/type in the machine now?
> 
> Some motherboards support both, so this would prove nothing.
> 
> The easiest and most reliable method is open up the case and have a
> look.


   Have a look at what ? The motherboard? I guess you could Google
that. 


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Frank  <fmccormick at videotron.ca>
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